OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 15, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop Raphael Marie Ze, of Sangemelina, Cameroon, as apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Ebolowa-Kribi (area 27,280, population 324,000, Catholics 216,000, priests 64, permanent deacons 2, religious 52), Cameroon. He also accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese presented by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama, upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Msgr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, official at the Congregation for Oriental Churches, as under-secretary of the same congregation.

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